mob

[ mob ]

/ mɒb /

noun

a disorderly or riotous crowd of people.

a crowd bent on or engaged in lawless violence.

any group or collection of persons or things.

the common people; the masses; populace or multitude.

a criminal gang, especially one involved in drug trafficking, extortion, etc.

the Mob, Mafia(def 1).

Sociology. a group of persons stimulating one another to excitement and losing ordinary rational control over their activity.

a flock, herd, or drove of animals: a mob of sheep.

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of a lawless, irrational, disorderly, or riotous crowd: mob rule; mob instincts.

directed at or reflecting the lowest intellectual level of the common people: mob appeal; the mob mentality.

verb (used with object), mobbed, mob·bing.

to crowd around noisily, as from curiosity or hostility: Spectators mobbed the courtroom.

to attack in a riotous mob: The crowd mobbed the consulate.

Fox Hunting. to chop (a fox).

Origin of mob

1680–90; short for Latin mōbile vulgus the movable (i.e., changeable, inconstant) common people

OTHER WORDS FROM mob

mob·ber, mob·bist, noun mob·bish, adjective mob·bish·ly, adverb mob·bish·ness, noun

mob·bism, noun un·mobbed, adjective

Words nearby mob

moabite, moabite stone, moai, moan, moat, mob, mob-handed, moba, mobcap, mobcast, mobe

Definition for mobs (2 of 2)

mob ²

[ mob mohb ]

/ mɒb moʊb /

noun

Digital Technology. (in a video game) a hostile nonplayer character that the player may target and fight.

Origin of mob

1980–85; coined by British video-game developer Richard Bartle; shortening of mobile(def 10) (in the sense “a moving sculpture hung from the ceiling”)

Example sentences from the Web for mobs

Italian authorities say they have proof they are fighting the mobs.

Days of Mafia Mayhem Are Wracking Italy Once Again |Barbie Latza Nadeau |November 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
One of the mobs caught Dr. Saptal Singh, beat him unconscious—and presuming him dead—threw his body off a train.

As 30-Year Anniversary of Mass Killings in India Arrives, Sikhs Find Safety in USA |Simran Jeet Singh |October 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In response, mobs of Hindus enacted widespread revenge throughout Delhi.

Delhi in Crisis: How Corruption Rotted a Great Capital |William O’Connor |May 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Outside parliament, anyone who challenged the clamour for partition was devoured by the mobs.

India’s Newest State Telangana Is Bosnia Redux |Kranti Rai |March 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Of course, what you have to realize is that until really the postwar era, many New York mobs were multicultural.

Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Live In: Kevin Baker’s New York |Allen Barra |September 23, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
When war comes, or mobs attack, or hurricanes strike, our science and our arts are abandoned first.

The Year When Stardust Fell |Raymond F. Jones
The courts have rendered their functions to the mobs in some localities, and all but anarchy sits enthroned.

Twentieth Century Negro Literature |Various
The mobs first assailed the banks and stores, but finding them too strongly guarded turned their attention elsewhere.

The War Upon Religion |Rev. Francis A. Cunningham
I have seen meetings turned into mobs and mobs dissolved again into meetings.

The Iron Puddler |James J. Davis
Mobs occurred, blood was shed and the people were compelled to look to some spot where they could abide in peace.

The Early Negro Convention Movement |John W. Cromwell

British Dictionary definitions for mobs (1 of 3)

mobs

/ (mɒbz) informal /

pl n

(usually foll by of) great numbers or quantities; lots mobs of people

adverb

Australian and NZ a great deal mobs better

British Dictionary definitions for mobs (2 of 3)

mob

/ (mɒb) /

noun

a riotous or disorderly crowd of people; rabble
(as modifier)mob law; mob violence

often derogatory a group or class of people, animals, or things

Australian and NZ a flock (of sheep) or a herd (of cattle, esp when droving)

often derogatory the masses

slang a gang of criminals

verb mobs, mobbing or mobbed (tr)

to attack in a group resembling a mob

to surround, esp in order to acclaim they mobbed the film star

to crowd into (a building, plaza, etc)

(of a group of animals of a prey species) to harass (a predator)

Derived forms of mob

mobber, noun mobbish, adjective

Word Origin for mob

C17: shortened from Latin mōbile vulgus the fickle populace; see mobile

British Dictionary definitions for mobs (3 of 3)

MOB

abbreviation for

mobile phone

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mob

noun

adjective

verb (used with object), mobbed, mob·bing.

Origin of mob

OTHER WORDS FROM mob

Words nearby mob

Definition for mobs (2 of 2)

noun

Origin of mob

Example sentences from the Web for mobs

British Dictionary definitions for mobs (1 of 3)

pl n

adverb

British Dictionary definitions for mobs (2 of 3)

noun

verb mobs, mobbing or mobbed (tr)

Derived forms of mob

Word Origin for mob

British Dictionary definitions for mobs (3 of 3)

abbreviation for

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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mob

noun

adjective

verb (used with object), mobbed, mob·bing.

Origin of mob

OTHER WORDS FROM mob

Words nearby mob

Definition for mobs (2 of 2)

noun

Origin of mob

Words related to mobs

Example sentences from the Web for mobs

British Dictionary definitions for mobs (1 of 3)

pl n

adverb

British Dictionary definitions for mobs (2 of 3)

noun

verb mobs, mobbing or mobbed (tr)

Derived forms of mob

Word Origin for mob

British Dictionary definitions for mobs (3 of 3)

abbreviation for